Why corporate America should pay for women to freeze their eggs

The ‘silent tax’ of egg freezing isn’t just a private burden on individuals. It’s a public-policy failure with major consequences for business and society.

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As inflation causes prices to rise, there is a cost that disproportionately impacts women—the “egg freezing tax.” In 2023, over 40,000 women froze their eggs—a safe, proven way to invest in more control over the timing of one’s family—which has grown in popularity for many reasons: general declines in fertility rates, delayed family building, and increasing numbers of women choosing to become a single mom by choice.

Despite having founded three companies, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done was freeze my eggs. In my early thirties, while building my first startup in San........

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